The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

-tfacts anfc Jfyncics. MOTTO FOR HAXI.AN.—"He was the noblest Row- lIlan of them all."—P-ni'-h, A man, while looking at the skeleton of a donkey, •and admiring and wondering at the structure of that despised animal, said., "Ah. Ice are fearfully and Wonderfully made." NATCRAL HISTOKV.— "Listen, auntie; what's that?" "It's the cuckoo, darling. Don't you know the cuckoo?" "Oh, yes the cuckoo's that horrid bird that doesn't lay it's own e,,s I A cynical old bachelor, who believes that a woman has something to say on all subjects, recently asked a fiend, IVell, madam, what do you hold on this question of female suffrage?" The lady responded calmly, Sir, I hold my tongue." A Su^estion.—A man who married a widow has Wented°a devi-ce to cure her of eternally praising her former husband. Whenever she begins to descant on lii-s noble qualities this ingenious Number Two 'Merely says, Poor dear man—how I wish lie had not (hed Similia similihus cvrantur. Like cures like. Un- fortunately, this is very frequently the case. For instance, two people of different sexes like each other very much—so much, in fact, that they get married ,"icl then in a few months they are completely cured.— ''hnhi. PRTTIW A "POINT" ON IT.—Elderly Sage: "Ah, Bill, it grieve my 'art for to see yew a-coomin' out The Chequers' just now." Bill: "Never moind, old 'un T be willing to Lroo back if vew'll stan' oi another Point."—Fun. -lust taste that tea." said old Hyson to his better half, at the supper table the other evening. Well, there doesn't seem to be anything the matter with it. 1 can't taste any thins," mildly remarked Mrs Hyson. c-itlier can I, and that's what I'm growling at." SACVE QUE PEFT."—The encouragement of thrift Amongst our soldiers is a "capital," not to say interest "-ing idea, but it must not be pushed too far. Othervv ise, in time of war there will be the danger of Our warriors, taught to always save something, will •»e carrying out the precept by "saving themselves."— Or Johnson was observed by a musical friend of his to be very inattentive at a concert while a celebrated oll) player was giving an extraordinary performance lipoll his violin. His friend, to induce him to take t'eater notice of what was going on, told him how extremely difficult it was. "Difficult, do you call it, sir?" replied the doctor; "I wish it were im- possible." How do you feel, with such a shocking-looking ^oat on ?" said a young clerk of some pretensions one horning to an old one. "I feel," said the old man, booking at him steadily with one eye half closed, as if takingO aim at his victim. I feel as if I had a coat on Avhicli I had paid for, a luxury of feeling which I think you will never experience A rather singular scene occurred at the depot on Fri- lay afternoon. A lady was going by when a gentleman ?^Pl>ed out and said to her, How d do ? extending ^8 liand and smiling cheerfully. I beg pardon," said looking hard at him, "you have the advantage of "le." "NVhy, don't you know me?" he asked, amazed. I can't remember you," said she. Why, I used to Jje your husband — J ohn Augustus Henderson, you tlow." She remembered him. An old lady who was in the habit of boasting after the occurrence of any event, that she had predicted it, \a,>; one day cleverly "sold" by her worthy spouse, ^ho, like many other we know of, had got tired of her denial "I told you so." Rushing into the house, deathless with excitement, he dropped into a chair, ^evated his hands, and exclaimed—Oh, my dear. 14"liat do you think ? The old cow has gone and eaten !*P our grindstone The old lady was ready, and, "ard!y waiting to hear the last word, she screamed out y the top of her lungs—I told you so. I told you so. on always would let it stand out of doors." A KNOWING SHKKP.—According to a New York Paper. Mr A. H. Clark has a sheep which during the SSll,nnier was pastured with some calves in an apple "?rthurd adjoining the house. There were several trees the orchard well loaded with early fruit, the trees p'ng about six inches in diameter. One evening Mr ^-lark heard a considerable noise in the orchard, and nPor. investigation found the sheep and calves quietly ^tiug apples uniler one of the trees. In a few minutes 'ley had all the apples eaten, when, to his surprise, !\e saw the sheep back off several yards and then butt Ile tree with full force, bringing down a quantity of 11 it. Thus the animals proceeded to eat as before, ai1d when the supply gave out the sheep replenished it 4"1. This was continued at intervals. 1 A EC,ETARI A\ DOCTOR'S AR< AWI KNT.—A lecture was 'slivered in Birmingham the other night bv Dr. Anna i ?S^ford, upon "Food: its relation to the human pU.V" and mmd." The lecturer said that a great part the burden of poverty which existed would be ^itioved were a cheaper system of diet introduced into houses Of the poor people. She pointed out that ll]c'h disease was propagated by the decomposition of JJlr,sal matter, and said that she was surprised that ^?rsoas did not feel insulted at being offered portions v a corpse for food. It Jllight be tolerated during a of siege, but it was amazing that society could «ow such a state of things. One of our contributors for breakfast he prefers the corpse of a trout, and J 'Hriner the corpse of whatever game is in season. e docs not object to pheasant being called a corpse, does not eat his food alive—except oysters. all the freaks of the telegraph, the following is t8e °f the most laughable. A young man, when about ,«tart for his new parish, was unexpectedly detained .the incapacity of his Presbytery to ordain him. In lie ei exI)'a'n his non-arrival at the appointed time, <Jli Ser>^ the following telegram to the deacons of the l^'ch :—" Presbytery lacked a quorum to ordain." f c°urse of its journey the message got strangely tl "rphosed. and reached the astonished deacons in 'l<8s'1'ipe "Presbytery tacked a worm on to Adam." W, er chureh officers were sorely discomposed and y.r^tified, but, after grave consultation, concluded it '•u? *'le "blister's facetious way of announcing that lie ,4S°t married, and accordingly proceeded to provide for two instead of one. 1' ^ITY STOKY.—A Manchester hawker has far l\)S for two instead of one. 1' ^ITY STOKY.—A Manchester hawker has far trjc?°nc' that triumph of roguery, the painted bird v^| Calling at a house in the suburbs of the city fi^1 a large basket containing, apparently, a couple of he j^^on and some delicate cuts of various weights, t>ro(Jew' attention to the nice red tinge of the fish, in that it was perfectly fresh salmon, and offered it ^tluL Th,e InI stress of the house communicated "°r cook, who expressed approval, and a purchase ,llade. The price asked was somewhat under the the rate, but this was plausibly accounted for, and .^lmon was consigned to the pot with agreeable £ ot ClPations. But, alas the fish which went into the salmon came out as codfish—plebeian, coarse, CaU)i? _°')structive whiteness. It had been artistically lif))13e and the colouring had deceived the good je^^e an<I an experienced cook. The artist in T>Ut; niade a profit of something like 300 per cent chem.

v^'nnee and Princess of Wales, on Monday, paid to Leicester and opened the new Abbey Park, having received a gold key as a souvenir, tlie Park open. On behalf of the ladies of the lh.e: the Mayoress presented the Princess with a Ie, which her Royal Highness used to plant Wac<j tree. After the ceremony a luncheon took (}f which the Prince of Wales replied to the toast 4ck-li Soyal Family," the Lord Chancellor A Til pedgng the toast of "The House of Lords." All Lornsi; AND THE "SAUMATIAX."—The ville UlC steamship, "Sarmatian," which trrive(I at i,ei|§ers Fl?d:iy ^ust> had among her saloon pas- f ^r'uc<jSS Louke, Marchioness of Lome, and Her Royal Highness during the passage till t to Moville expressed a wish to visit the t Y eel-age passengers, which she did, accompanied aln Graham. She spoke kindly to several, food, made a careful inspection of their Ji/1'1 ^T,oier,ths' an,l expressed herself much pleased AIIS .had seen. Tiie system adopted by the fc>Van in ^'le ^el'thing of their steerage pas- u n1Z-' separation of the sexes during sleeping e att S^ong point in favour o( the line. I¡tltt, of Ladies is called to RECXITT'S PARI" 1 has been, since its introduction, quite 11n- 'iitK e§t saO-a ■aundry Blue. It now commands the fro,^ of eoiWl le world, owing its success to its bril- 11!' f v,0111'aiK^ delicacy of tint. It cau b'~ obtained J ^era, Oilmen, &c.

Jjrom the papers. 1 The directors of the Cardigan Mercantile ConipalIN- have declared a dividend of live per cent, on last year's workings. The pet of the Horse Show at Islington was a little black pony mare named Lady Jumbo. She stands thirty inches high, and was transferred from London- bridge station to Islington in a four-wheeled cab. The Speaker of the House of Commons declares that since the creation of a Parliament oi Great Britain and Ireland there never has been a House of Commons more disposed to do justice to Ireland than the present. Speaking at a meeting of the Cardigan Board of Guardians, a reverend gentleman said in respect to rentals, that as one star differed from another in glory, so one landlord ditlered from another in honesty, justice and sympathy with tenants. The Mayor of Liverpool, taking advantage of the annual meeting of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, invited the leading members present to a luncheon at the Town Hall. 0 Over one hundred ministers and others accepted the invitation. In reply to a memorial presented by Lieutenant Colonel Lewes, Llanlear, the Great Western Authori- ties stated that they intend providing a covering to the pJatform at Pencader station, on the Manchester and Milford Railway. A conference has been held at Llanelly to discuss the desirableness of establishing savings banks in schools under the control of the School Board. There was a large attendance, and the meeting expressed approval of the proposal. An application is about to be made to the Education Department for the formation of a School Board for the parish of Amlwch, the voluntary system having proved a failure. The Vicar, however, intends carrying on the National School on the voluntary principle. The Cape Government Emigration Agent has sent out to the Colony during the month of May G20 emi- grants. In the corresponding month of last year 22.3 were sent out. The total number sent out since January 1st is 1967, against 1,23(5 in the corresponding period of last year. Mr Michael Davitt passed through Bangor last week by the four o'clock Irish express for London. At Bangor Mr Egan, treasurer of the Land League, and two ladies met him. A long conversation took place between Mr Davitt and Mr Egan, who remains at Pen- rhyn. At the recent matriculation examination of the Calcutta University eight women passed successfully, of whom six are natives of India, and at Bombay seven women were successful, including four from the city of Poonah. At the First Arts examination at Calcutta a female candidate obtained a scholarship of the first grade. Archbishop M'Cabe was on Sunday enthroned as Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Dublin, and in responding to addresses subsequently presented to him he expressed his belief that, in spite of the ominous shadows which now loomed over Ireland, there was yet a bright future in store for that country. The papers say that none of John Bunyan's dreams would have seemed to him less likely to come true than a vision of a memorial window in his honour, to be set up in Elstow Church. This is to be done. If Bunyan had been half as celebrated a soldier as he was a writer, he would have received Royal honours during his lifetime. The people honour the saviours of men, but Sovereigns reserve their greatest favours for the slayers of men. Last week when the vessel British King arrived at Philadelphia she reported that a steerage passenger jumped overboard on the voyage and was lost. Patrick Foy, also a steerage passenger, states that he was stand- ing close by the deceased before he leaped, and heard him say, "I am the man who killed Cavendish." The incident is undoubted, but it is believed that the suicide was insane, and no special importance is attached to the occurrence. All opposition has been withdrawn from the Bill which seeks to revive the powers sanctioned by Parlia- j ment in 1877 authorising the construction of a subway under the Thames between Greenwich and Millwall. The Bill will, therefore, pass its remaining stages un- opposed through the House of Commons, having already opposed through the House of Commons, having already gone through the House of Lords. The time granted tor the completion of the subway will expire in June, 1885. The Datl!! VeIC, understands that both the Depart- mental Committee and the Board of Trade Committee appointed to inquire into the question of the Channel Tunnel have reported. The majority of the former committee have arrived at the conclusion that the tunnel is defensible, but suggests that the opening should be carried further inland, where the means of defence by forts could be more complete. The Chester Chamber of Commerce are unanimous in favour of compensation for improvements and the extension of notices to quit to twelve months. The Duke of Westminster and the Hon. W. Egerton, M.P., expressed themselves strongly opposed to the establish- ment of a land court, especially after experience gained in Ireland. Mr Egerton, in fact, threatened to resign if a resolution in favour of a land court was passed. Eventually an amendment was carried that powers be given to County Court judges, with assessors, to settle disputes. The Select Committee of the House of Commons on Electric Lighting are prepared to recommend that all clauses affecting electric lighting should be struck out of all private Bills before Parliament this session. It is understood that the Committee intend to recommend the adoption of a public Bill dealing with the whole question of public lighting, on the lines of the sugges- tions thrown out by the Board of Trade, and largely contained in the public Bill before them. It has been arranged to hold the autumnal session of the Congregational Union of England and Wales in Bristol the second week in October. The leading members of the local Congregational Churches have just met the Rev. Dr. Hannay, secretary of the Union, and made arrangements for the reception of the dele- gates, who are expected to number twelve hundred. The session will be opened with an address by the Rev. Dr. Macfayden. of Manchester, and, besides the usual sectional gathering, there will be public meetings for the advocacy of Congregational principles in connection %r with the jubilee celebration of the Union. Instead of calling a public meeting, to protest against the disfrtneiisement of Sandwich and Deal, as was at first thought advisable, a petition is being prepared, and will be presented to the Government, askmg for a reconsideration of the decision. The constituency of Sandwich had the privilege of sending a representative to the earliest Parliament, being one of the ancient Cinque Ports. The disfranchisement question is the subject of much discussion in the district affected, and the universal feeling is that those who have not been guilty of bribery or corruption ought not to be deprived of their votes. Sir Charles Synge Bowen, who has been appointed to suceeed the late Sir John Holker as a Lord Justice of Appeal, is a son of the Rev. Christopher Bowen, of Freshwater, Isle of Wight. He was born in 1855. and educated at Rugby and at Balliol College, Oxford, of which he was some time a Fellow. After studying for the law he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1861. At the bar his progress was extremely rapid, and in 1871 he was appointed Recorder of Penzance. Two years later he was appointed Junior Counsel to the Treasury, and in 1879 was appointed a Judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division), when he received the usual honour of knighthood. Richard G. Wells, described as an accountant, was brought up at the Hammersmith Police-court on Saturday, on the charge of murdering a man named Carlisle, in a house in Moore-park-road, Fulham. The evidence went to show that the prisoner and the two men had been to Epsom races with a woman who occupied the house, and that on their return a quarrel and light ensued between the prisoner and the deceased, and that the latter received two stabs and other severe injuries. The accused, a police-serjeant deposed, said, If I have killed him, I don't care." The magistrate ordered a remand. The unreasonable objection urged by owners against the increased carriage tax are not likely to prevail. In regard to the complaint of the undertakers against the increase of duty, Mr Gladstone has replied that no new exemption from this tax is contemplated. If roads are to be maintained, and that fact is admitted, car- riages, carts, waggons, traction engines, and other vehicles must pay for them, and it is to the advantage of the public that the tax should be paid in the most economical way. County magistrates will be more willing to abolish turnpike gates when they have to pay an increased carriage tax. Albert Young, aged seventeen, clerk of Spotborough, near Doncaster, was charged at the Central Criminal Court on Friday, with sending a letter to Sir Henry Ponsonby, threatening to kill the Queen. The Attorney-General prosecuted, and stated that the letter in question was delivered at St. James'a Palace on April 24th, and in it the prisoner demanded that £ 2.(M>0 should be forwarded to him.—Sir Henry Ponsonby proved the leceipt of the letter, bearing the Doncteter postmark. After reading it, he sent it to the Home Office.-Edward Bowshill, mineral agent of the Msuaehester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway at liexvaorpe, identified the writing of the prisoner, who was in his employ, and on April 22nd was at Doncaster.—Several clerks and M. Chabot, expert, also gave evalence of the identity of the writing.—Mr. Grain addressed the jury for the defence, urging that it would not be safe to convict upon evidence as to handwriting.—The jury, without leaving the box, found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy on the ground of his youth.—The Judge declined to act upon this recommendation, saying that the crime was of a heinous character, and sentenced the prisoner to ten years' penal servitude, the longest sentence the law would permit. I<.

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NOTES. ABERYSTWYTH RECORDS. ( Continued.) I nth October IS 13, before George Bonsall, Esq, Mayor.—We the (ranll jury sworn and impannelled aforesaid do present as follows :— We present Job Sheldon Esquire to serve the office of Mayor for the said Town Burgh and Liberty for the year ensuing: John Hughes of this town, Surgeon to be coroner; William Jones of this Town to be Town Clerk for the ensuing year Davul Jenkins, bmitn, David Da vies shoemaker Foulk Evans carpenter and John Morgans Hatter to be constables Robert Griffith labourer to be Bell man for the ensuing year Edward Evans of Piercefield to be scavenger for the ensuing year Qxccnting those parts of the public streets immedi- ately opposite Gogerddan Arms, he the said Edward Evans paying to our chamberlain the sum of eight pounds for the same. We present John Davies of the Gogerddan Arms to the office of chamberlain for the ensuing year. We present the following persons to be special con- stables for the ensuing year, Mr. Rowland Parry, Mr. John Davies, Mr. William Pierce, Mr. John Blackwall, Mr. William Cox, Air. Morris Davies, Mr. Cadwalader Jones and Mr. Thomas Jones, junr. We present the following persons to be burgesses of this town burgh and Liberty :—Peter Peters of Aber- dovey, master mariner; Henry Morris, Aberdovey, master mariner; Peter Peters, Towyn, master mariner; Griffith Jones, Towyn, farmer, William Jones, Towyn, farmer; John Williams, Towyn, farmer, John Peters, Towyn, son of Peter 1'eters; Edward Jones, Towyn, son of Griffith Jones; Isaac Lloyd illiams, of Cwm- cynfelin, Esquire, and his sons Matthew Davies Williams, Jonathan Williams Isaac Williams, and Charles Lloyd Williams; Lewis Davies of Cwmcynfelin Esquire and his three sons Matthew Davies, Lewis Charles Davies. and John Morris Davies; "William Jones of this town, master mariner; Rowland Jones the younger of this town, master mariner, Thomas Pelham H^pley, Gentleman of this town, and Evan Evans of Dolegog. Llangranog, Gentleman. We present Matthew Davies, Esquire, for building certain Incroachments upon the waste belonging to the Mayor and Burgesses on the East side of the road leading'from the House of Correction to Pontcorry and on the West side of Mrs Jones's Inclosure and we amesne him in the sum of one pound and nineteen shillings. At this Court Leet there is granted to Job Sheldon Esquire all that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement six thousand six hundred and twenty- two varus situate at Maesglase in the said town extending in length on the south-west side four hundred and twenty feet comprising the whole of the said waste called Maesglase now uninclosed excepting the several roads and paths bounding and passing over the same, to hold the same for ninety-nine years, lie paying to the Mayor and Burgesses the sum of fifty pounds as a fine or consideration and the further sum of three pounds and three shillings annually during the said term. (To be continued.)

LONDON GOSSIP. Emigration is going on from Ireland to a much larger extent than is generally known. The Land League have discovered that upon the whole it is cheaper to pay the fare of an evicted tenant to America than to keep him at home on a weekly pit- tance. In addition, emigration is being encouraged by private enterprise. Emissaries of the Canadian Government have been making hay whilst the sun has not shone in Ireland. In the West, they have preached an organised crusade of emigration. Mani- toba is the favoured colony in this part of Ireland. Hundreds of families have already gone, and the stream is still setting westward. The report of the Deputy-Master of the Mint states amongst other interesting facts that during the past year the number of fourpenny pieces in circulation has been reduced by the withdrawal of £ 4,000 worth, so that there is reason to expect that these troublesome coins, none of which have been issued since 18o6, will soon practically disappear from circulation. Nearly £ 230,000 worth of half-crowns have been issued during the yeir 1881, but no gold coins were struck. Worn coinage of the nominal value of X200,000 has been withdrawn from circulation. It is also stated that the question of rendering illegal the coinage of Hanover medals, which are constantly being passed as gold pieces, is under the consideration of the Treasury. Kensington seems to be giving bishops to all England. The last vicar of Kensington was Dr Maclagan. The present vicar of Kensington is Mr Carr Glyn. Dr Maclagan is Bishop of Lichfield, and Mr Carr Glyn is likely to become Bishop of Newcastle. Mr Glyn is the brother of the present Lord Wolverton, and bears the title honourable with the "epithet" reverend. He is only thirty-nine years of age. He was a Harrow boy and an Oxford man, and took M.A. so lately as 1870. His first great work was at Doncaster, where he did more than well as a vicar of a large parish. He has been chaplain to the Archbishop of York and his private secretary, so that he knows the duties of a bishop well. At Kensington he has won golden opinions on all hands and has worked very hard. He is better than a hard worker and an experienced man. He is a consistent man. When he was vicar of Doncaster. the Prince of Wales wanted to stay with him, and go from his house to the races. His Royal Highness was most humbly and respectfully requested not to press his command; for if Mr Glyn's house liponmp flip lipndnnalters of such a party as was con- U_¡ templated, he would feel himself to be lending aid to the demoralisation which all his life was being spent to remedy. That is the sort of man to be a bishop. But whether it will make him popular among the sport- loving Church people of Newcastle is doubtful. That wondrous work which Mr Osborne Morgan used to be fond of calling the cadastral survey of England, and which ordinary people call the ordnance survey, is getting on. It has been getting on ever since 1791, and it is not finished yet. Yea, when our babes are old," it will be getting on. Thanks to Mr Adam, it is getting on a little faster now than it was a few years ago. Before Mr Adam made a change it afforded those engaged upon it the privilege of an almost continuous holiday. In order to encourage them to do a little more work, Mr Adam added to their number and one is happy to note that last year the area surveyed amounted to 2,388 square miles. Maps are immediately to be published of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Derby, Glamorgan, Gloucester, Oxford, and Wilts. Plans cf ten towns have been drawn, but are not yet issued :—viz., Ashby-de-la Zov.ch, Banbury, Dudley, East Dereham, Liskeard, Newport, (Monmouth), Nottingham, St. Helens, Thetford, and Wellington. A new series of the one- inch map is in preparation. It will be issued in 360 sheets. But so far as the big map is concerned, it has not yet extended to more than four of the: Welsh counties. The Midlands have hardly been looked at. Little of Norfolk, nothing of Yorkshire, little of Lancashire, and little of Nottingham has been done. But we are a patient people. The prospect that the maps will be ready for our grandchildren's grand- children fills us with that charity which endureth all things, and never faileth. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to consider the sad case of disappointment which arose when she made the Lord Mayor of London a baronet. Sir John Whittaker Ellis was happy. Mr Sheriff Ogg and Mr Sheriff Hanson were not happy. They had hoped to be knighted, and new nothing about the advertising tailor of generations ago, upon whom the court of generations back refused to confer chivalric honours. Poor Mr Sheriff' Ogg, the merchant, was exceedingly larchymose; and Mr Sheriff Hanson, the wholesale grocer, was not more happy. The city, however, does not give dinners at the Guildhall, at the Mansion House, in a dozen city halls, and even at St. Stephen's itself, for nothing. No, no. Powerful friends of the neglected sheriffs arose, who made their case known, not only in Downing-street, but at Balmoral. It was felt to be wrong that two such loyal subjects of her Majesty should lie under the dreary weight, heavy as frost and deep also as life," as this sorrow. The Queen was asked to smile again. She has smiled upon her two civic children and, drying their tears, the two sheriff's are now Sir William Anderson Ogg and Sir Reginald Hanson, and the city is happy once again.

A disturbance was apprehended on Tuesday at Flint between the Welsh and Irish workmen, due partly to old irritations, and partly to a fight between two men over politics. However, the police authorities took precautions to keep the peace, and no attempt was made to disturb it. Lord Spencer, replying to an address from the Limerick Corporation, said he trusted that before lotig lie should be able to liberate the last suspect in prison. The Prevention of Crime Bill, against which the depu- tation protested, the Lord Lieutenant observed, was directed only against intimidation and crime. Re- y 11 ferring to the hope expressed that a larger share in the management of their own affairs should be granted to the Irish people, his Excellency said the wise extension of local self-government was one of the objects which he would strive to promote. The Cambrian Nells will be sent free by Post, Ss. Sd. per Annum, 4s. 4d. per Half Year, 2s. 2d. per Quart e prepaid.

WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODISTS' ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of this body was held on Monday in Hengler's Circus, Liverpool which was crowded in every part with members from Liverpool and visitors from the Principality, as is usual at these yearly gather- ings. Special interest was attached to the annual meet- ing this year, as it may be regarded as the centenary of the establishment of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists —or Presbyterians of Wales, as they are sometimes called—in Liverpool. From a report prepared for the meeting by the Rev. O. Thomas, D.D., it would appear that two young Welshmen, whose names are now un- known. being resident in Liverpool in the year 17S2, and totally unacquainted with the English language, met together and deplored the lack of the opportunities for religious worship and instruction in their own lan- guage, by which they had profited in their native land. One Sunday morning the two agreed to confer together as to the best means to secure for themselves and their countrymen in Liverpool the means of grace in the lan- guage they understood. Seeking a retired spot far from the busy throng of the city, which then numbered only about 40,000 in population, they found themselves in a deep delf, now so well known as St. James's Cemetery. Here they were engaged for some time in earnest religious conversation and prayer, and for several Sundays they met in the same spot in a small hut used by the quarry- men, where they were joined by a few more of their countrymen in their simple worship In time the little colony found a home in Pitt-street, in the house of one William Lloyd, where they met from Sabbath to Sab- bath for the purpose of reading together the Word of God and prayer; and here it would seem the first Welsh sermon was preached in Liverpool. After two years it was found necessary to remove to a kind of warehouse in North-street, out of Dale-street, known at that time as "Merchant Billy." In the year 1787 the first chapel was built in Pall-mall, which had soon to be enlarged. Such is a brief history of the humble origin of the body which held its centenary celebration on Monday. The Rev. DAVID WILLIAMS, minister of Crosshall- street Chapel (which has taken the place of the old chapel in Pall-mall) presided, and after the devotional exercises the reverend gentleman observed that they had great cause for thankfulness in the present aspect of the work in their midst, and had reason for saying "Hitherto the Lord hath helped us." Feeling reference was made to departed friends during the past year, one being Mr Pritchard, a faithful deacon for many years in Parkfield, Birkenhead also Mr Evans, late of Cranmer-street. A selection of Welsh hymns, prepared for the occasion by a committee composed of Dr. Gee, M.D., Mr J. Edwards, and Mr James Yenniore, were sung a the meeting with excellent effect. The following statistics for the past year of the Liverpool District were then read by the honorary secretary of the Liverpool Presbytery, Ala- John Griffith :—Number of chapels and schoolrooms, 30 churches, 16; ministers, 17 preachers, 8 elders, 80 communicants, 5502 (being an increase of 154) child-' ren of church members admitted into full communion, 90 others admitted into full communion, 108 mem- bers from sister churches admitted by certificates, 1157; number of children oil the church books not admitted into full communion, 1931 candidates for church membership, 153 removed to sister churches with certificates, 861 baptisms, 165"; deaths, 79; expul- sions, 25 Sunday schools, 30; Sunday school teach- ers. 614 (comprising 440 males ai-d 174 females); Sunday school scholars—adults, 3,565; children under 15 years of age, 2715 total, 6S94 estimated number of adherents, 12,216. Public collections Bible Society (British and Foreign). £ 50S 12s. 2d.: Home Missionary Society, £:332 18s. 7d.; Foreign Missionary Society, JE568 3s. Id.; Liverpool Welsh and English Town Missions. £ 230 lis. 2Ad.; Religious Tract Society, £ 27 13s. 9d.; incidental expenses of Sunday schools, zC354 2s. 2d.; hospitals, infirmaries, and dispensaries, £127 10s. lid.; quarterly collections for general purposes, £ 428 10s. Oj'd.; relief of the poor, £ 432 4s. 7d.; Chapel Building Fund, £ 2,143 9s. Sd.; in aid of the English causes in Wales, zE161 2s. Id.; Sustentation Fund, X160 Os. 7d.; other objects, £ 1S7 0s. 10id.; total, 9,5,661 19s. Siù. Church collections Support of the ministry, zC3,984 10s. lOid. (showing an increase of JE21 15s 10kl.); sacramental collections, A:58 138. 8id.; Dorcas Society, 936 12s. 6d.; total, £ 4,079 17s. Id. Total of public and church collections, £ 9,741 16s. 9d. (showing an increase of £ 1,067 19s. 3d.); pew rents. £ 1,917 17s. 3d. Total of all contributions, £ 11,669 14s. Old. The report does not include the statistics of 2 the English churches in Liverpool, which appear in the report of the English Presbytery of Lancashire and Cheshire neither does it include the statistics of the Welsh Home Mission stations of Lancashire, Cumber- land, and Durham. The Rev. GRIFFITH PARRY, Aberystwyth, said time would not admit of any very minute analysis of the report and statistics read. The facts given, however, were encouraging as to the prospects of the cause with which they were associated. It was a very hopeful sign that nearly 12,000 of their countrymen were in the habit of attending public worship in the chapels of their own denomination. The estimates of the total Welsh population in Liverpool varied from 15,000 to 80,000 but in any case there was still a very wide field for missionary efforts for the spiritual welfare of their countrymen in the city. The £ 12,000 contributed by the members in Liverpool showed that a spirit of liberality prevailed, especially considering the de- pressed state of trade in past years. The subject for consideration at the meeting was announced to be the duty of Christians in general to labour for the conversion of the world." It was introduced by the Rev Dr Edwards, Bala, who urged that this obligation rested upon every individual Christian, and was not a work limited to ministers and those in official positions in the Church. From several passages in the teaching of our Lord it was very clear that every one sent to the vineyard was sent there to labour. It was nnssiblp t,h:1t. thi nmnf. ii-no tnr. mnol-i r" I: "4.oJ ,v "I" neglected in receiving members into the church. It was clear that this was intended not for ministers alone, but for every individual Christian. It was to be feared that sufficient attention was not paid to the passage in St. James, If any one convert a sinner from the error of his ways." It was of the utmost importance that the prevailing impression that the work of conversion was to be left to ministers should be corrected, and every individual believer should feel his and her obligation in this matter. The Rev. DAVID DAVIES Barmouth, pointed out the importance of a steadfast adherence to the doctrines of the gospel, and a faithful observance to the ordinances of religion. Our efforts for the salvation of the world should commence in the circle in which we move, and this implies that we have become possessed of salvation for ourselves. He liked the expression "steadfast adherence to the doctrines of the gospel, This was a clinging, a grip for life. The reverend gentleman graphically described the rescue of a man from drown- ing near Barmouth. By the upsetting of a boat, one of two men in the boat was drowned. The second clung to an oar, and, half-dead and insensible, he was cast on shore, still clinging to his oar and he could not be made to let go his' hold. It was a grip for life, and he kept the oar in his house as long as he lived. He believed in clinging to the fundamental doctrines of religion. Let them study geology and other sciences if need be but when Calvin wrote his "Institutes" he began with the Being of God and the great principles of the Christian religion. He recommended four principal text books for the study of every Methodist— first the Bible, then the hymn book, the Christian Instructor, and the Confession of Faith. He was glad to say that there were more people in Merionethshire at the present time who were familiar with the Christian Instructor than ever before since the world began. The Rev D. LLOYD JONES, M.A.. said he felt a profound respect for any man who steadfastly clung to his convictions on any subject. He referred to the conduct of John Huss in resisting the doctrine of Papal Rome. Said the cardinal, "I committ your soul to the devil and to hell;" "And I," said Huss, "commit my soul to God and to Heaven." The truths of Christianity affected the characters of men and changed their hearts; this could not be said of any of the highest discoveries of science, however important. The great doctrine of the incarnation of the Son of God would remain, who- ever might deny it; and this was the doctrine that saved. The Rev T. C. EDWARDS, M.A., insisted upon the necessity for the testimony of a consistent and holy life on the part of professing Christians for the honour of the gospel. When this subject was first mentioned to him, the question suggested to his mind was, "Is there any other power in Christianity besides its power to make saints, to produce a godly and unselfish life ? But supposing there was no living exhibition of Christian character in the world, the priest turned atheist and infidel, preaching for money, even then the memory of a pure life in the conduct of men in the past would be the means of a revival of religion. When sensuality sat on the throne in Papal Rome, yet in the Waldensian valleys there was a people in primitive simplicity adorning the Gospel of Christ in the midst of the darkness and corruption of the Middle Ages, and this kept alive the flame of religious life tili the Reformation dawned upon Europe. They had, however, not the lives of saints and martyrs, but they had in the Gospel the story of the pure patient life and teaching and suffering of the Son of God in the flesh; and even if religion were to die out of the land through the teaching of its professors, the simple preaching of the life and death of Christ would revive it again, for the life of Christ found a witness in every human heart that it was an unselfish life, a life for the good of others, a life better and higher than their own. The Rev Dr HARRIES JONES, Trevecca, said the question had often been asked, "What is religion ?" j Some say it is doctrine, some say it is knowledge, some that it is character and conduct. It would be more correct to say that religion is Christian life grounded upon and springing from knowledge of Christian doctrine. Some men are called walking cyclopaedias on account of their extensive knowledge; and a man living a Christian life may be called a walking Bible— and many will read no other. The Rev ROGER EDWARDS mentioned a fact stated by Mr Spurgeen on a recent occasion at one of his com- munion services, that since the last services sixteen had been added to the church, two through his own ministry, but fourteen by the instrumentality of private members of his church. The reverend gentleman mentioned a number of instances in which the greatest good had resulted from personal appeal to individuals.j by private Christians. This was the centenary of the establishment of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism in Liverpool, and he would be glad if this year should prove a new departure in religious effort in the city, by individual striving to bring men to Christ in the spirit of the founders of our denomination in Wales, and that of the two young men in the delf referred to previously. The Rev. ,T. CYNDDYLAX JONES, Cardiff, urged upon Christian women more especially to use their well-known powers in personal appeals to men and women as to their spiritual concerns. The CHAIRMAN" next called upon Mr. David Roberts to give some account of the early days of Calvinistic Methodism in Liverpool. Mr. ROBERTS, whose name was received with great enthusiasm by the audience, said it was unusual for a layman to be called upon to address a meeting of this kind. He presumed he was called upon because he was the oldest deacon, and perhaps the oldest member, present. This was the 60th anniversary which he had attended of their churches in Liverpool without a single break, and that carried him very far back to the small beginnings of the work in Liverpool. He had the privilege of conversing in his younger days with one of the four young men who met in the old delf, and this place had become sacred to him since, as the cave of Machpelah was to Abraham. His memory carried him back to the time when the number of deacons in their churches in Liverpool was only seventeen, and now they were reported as eighty the membership was then only 400, while the number now given was over 5,000. In view of these facts, he was by no means dis- posed to ask, Wherefore were the former (lays better than these but would rather say, What hath God wrought and his sincere hope was that the good work should go on until the whole world was won to Christ. As illustrative of the growth of Liverpool within the past 100 years, Mr. Roberts said he had been lately perusing the deed of old Pall-mall Chapel, in which it was stated that what was then green fields was to be named" Pall-mall," though no buildings were set up in the neighbourhood at the time. The meeting was closed by prayer by the Rev. W. PRYDDERCH.

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PRINCIPAL JAYSE OX LEISURE HOURS. A lecture for the people on "Spare Moments and Leisure Hours" was delivered by the Rev. F. J. Jayne, principal of Lampeter College, at the new and elegant Town Hall (kindly lent by Mrs. Harford) on Tuesday evening. Mr. William Jones, of Glandennis, occupied the chair, and there was a considerable attendance of the inhabitants of Lampeter. The funds derived from the lecture were intended for the enlargement and bene- fit of the working-men's reading-room and institute. The rev. lecturer said it seemed at first sight to lie un- necessary repetition to say" spare moments and leisure hours," but on an authority well qualified to judge lie was convinced there ought to be a marked distinc- tion between" spare moments" and" leisure hours." The first point of view from which he approached his subject was its importance, and he parti- cularly wanted to bring its importance home to his auditors. Regarding the question of leisure time quantitatively, it was the tendency of modern society and modern business arrangements to allot much more leisure time to the working classes that was given formerly, even at a period within the recollection of some of those present. Yet the extension of spare time was a very questionable boon unless people were taught to use it judiciously. There were two parties who must co-operate in order that leisure hours should be well spent. There must be the demand, and there must be a zealous, intelligent, and right-minded venture to bring wholesome recreation within the reach of those requiring it. He wanted to point out how great was the influence of leisure hours upon the texture of our lives, happiness, and our characters in the present world, and, as they had every reason to believe, the next life beyond the grave. Many might think, perhaps, that the influence of spare moments was not so obvious after all. There was a very old saying of a Greek poet, that It is the unexpected that always happens," which he ventured to render, "It is the unsuspected that gener- ally influences." If they wanted to find wiiat the > motive power of influence came from, it would generally j be found coming from an unsuspected region. They < would also remember that it was once said. and with a great deal of truth, Let who will make the laws for the nation, as long as I make the ballads." The author meant, of course, that ballads very frequently exercised an enormous influence upon the minds of people. This fact could be illustrated from English history, and it was obvious at the present time in Ireland that these national and patriotic melodies had great influ- ence over the people, as also had hymns in the re- ligious life of our country. It was only recently that a political party was nicknamed from a popular song sung in one of the London music-halls. The testimony of history led us to believe that at periods of leisure, where recreation had been looked at askance, the nation had suffered therefrom, and a reaction had afterwards set in. During the time after the Great Rebellion, when there was what might be termed an age of gloom, recreative facilities were at a very low ebb. Certainly the most healthful and iruitlul epochs of our history were those in which the governors of the I., people taught them, not only how to work well, but how to play wisely and well. It had been said by a writer of the reigns of George II and George III—a writer named Melmoth—that Of all the various tasks mankind employ 'Tis sure the hardest leisure to enjoy. He would venture to say that it was one of the most important duties of the clergy and ministers of all denominations, who had to a considerable extent the charge of our leisure time, to see that it was well provided for and well spent. (Cheers.) The second part of the lecture treated of the principles upon which leisure should be employed. There were three general rules and principles which should form the basis of leisure. First, we had to restore and recreate the various powers of body and mind and spirit. Leisure implied the existence of work. An old English writer compared it to the whetting of a scythe. It was useless to mow away without whetting, and it would be futile to be always whetting it. (Laughter.) Secondly, the leisure employment should have some- thing about it, perhaps not exactly educational, but something tending to the development of mental powers. Thirdly, we must not, in the em- ployment of our leisure, give pain or suffering to others. In our choice of recreation and amusements we should select those that tend to make us more efficient citizens. The rifle corps volunteer movement was a design to be supported because it was an amusement, and it was the means of strengthening our defensive forces. He wished to lay great stress upon those forms of amuse- ment which obliged men to act together and co- operate, for esprit de corjM was a thing to be very highly valued. Pulling in a boat's crew, cricket, and football were all amusements of a recreative character, tending to form a contrast to the more serious duties of life. The last division of the lecture was as to the prac- tical application of the modes in which leisure time should be spent. It t'as one of the most able representatives in Par- liament of a Welsh county, Sir George Cornwalle Lewis, who said that "Life would be intolerable if it were not for its amusements." There was room for a greater cultivation of physical recreation, and the more they had of it the less they would have of rather undesirable things. (Applause.) Then there was reading. Who should speak with sufficient eloquence, what poet had sung in sufficient sweet and noble strains, the advan- tages and glories of reading all that is implied in the press, and all that is gathered in the library? The time was coming when the extension of the franchise" ould take place. It was the natural tendency of things, but the question was whether it would be an evil or a good, and this depended upon the lines taken up by those who were to have an acquisition of power. Conservation was a splendid means of spending leisure. In old days when conservation was at its height as a recreation, Dr. Johnson, upon being asked what ensued at a certain gathering, replied, "Sir, we had good talk." We must, however, take care not to let ourselves descend to the level of the gossip. The meeting terminated with the usual vote of thanks.